In the Japanese Edo period, high-class courtesans was called a "Tayu" in Kyoto, an "Oiran" in Tokyo.
Because laws to prohibit luxury many times in … more »

In the Japanese Edo period, high-class courtesans was called a "Tayu" in Kyoto, an "Oiran" in Tokyo.
Because laws to prohibit luxury many times in the Edo period, the reason why the point of the ornamental hairpin has a shape of the spoon, it is said that they escaped from censorship that it is an earpick, not a luxury hairpin, « Less